Keywords: peatfire

First in SITU -measurements of tropical peatland fire emissions: new emission factors for greenhouse gas reporting and haze forecasting

INTRODUCTION Tropical peat swamp fires in Southeast Asia are a major source of greenhouse gases (GHGs), responsible for climate...

Is peatland utilization the main cause of land fire in Indonesia?

SUMMARY In recent years, land fire has been occurred across islands in Indonesia. Peatland utilization is frequently associated with...

Haze and peatlands: the top three challenges of tackling smouldering megafires

One again, peat fires raged in 2015 in Indonesia and their extent was staggering. They emitted in excess of...

Fire-climate-ecosystem interactions related to carbon accumulation rates of peatlands in Jambi, Sumatra (Indonesia) during the past 12,000 years

The largest tropical peatlands are found in Southeast Asia and their global importance as terrestrial carbon reservoirs is well...

Impact of fire on microbial diversity and community structure Malaysian peatlands

Microbial communities of regional peatlands are poorly known. We used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to assess impacts of fire...